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Cutting  Coal  Costs 
m  New  York  City 


A  Booklet  telling  how  it  is 
being  accomplished  by  Kewanee 
Smokeless  Firebox  Boilers,  and 
showing  a  few  of  many  New 
York  City  buildings  where 
Kewanee  Boilers  and  Water 
Heating  Garbage  Burners  are 
installed      ::       ::       ::       ::  :: 


Kewanee  Boiler  Company 

KEWANEE.  ILLINOIS 

"■fe>      Steel  Power  and  Heating  Boilers,  Wfe/ 
|P  Radiators,   Tanks   and  jv" 

Garbage  Burners 

CHICAGO      NEW  YORK     ST.  LOUIS     KANSAS  CITY 


CLASSICS 
325  M 


Copyright,  1914  by 
Kewanee  Boiler  Company 


A  REMARKABLE  SAVING 


In  an  apartment  building  at  the  corner  of  West  End  Avenue 
and  71st  Street,  New  York  City,  two  number  117  Kewanee 
Smokeless  Firebox  Boilers  are  installed.  To  heat  these  buildings 
they  use  a  daily  average  of  \  l/2  tons  of  Bituminous  Coal  costing 
$3.75  per  ton.    A  coal  cost  of  $5.62  daily. 

In  another  building  of  the  same  size  owned  by  the  same  con- 
cern and  erected  by  the  same  builders,  under  the  supervision  of 
the  same  engineers,  another  make  of  boiler  is  installed.  To  heat 
this  building  more  than  three  tons  of  Anthracite  Pea  Coal,  costing 
$4.50  per  ton,  are  used  daily.    A  daily  coal  cost  of  $13.50. 

The  Kewanee  Smokeless  Firebox  Boiler  saves  the  owners 
$1,654.80  in  an  average  heating  season  of  210  days. 

This  remarkable  saving  is  accomplished  in  two  ways. 

PERMITS  THE  USE  OF  CHEAPER  COAL 

The  Kewanee  Smokeless  Firebox  Boiler  permits  the  use  of 
cheaper  coal — because  it  burns  it  without  smoke.  The  other 
boiler,  not  built  for  burning  Bituminous  Coal  smokelessly  must 
use  higher  priced  Anthracite. 

Government  analysis  of  the  Pennsylvania,  xMaryland  and 
West  Virginia  Bituminous  Coals,  which  are  sold  in  New  York 
for  an  average  price  of  $3.75  per  ton,  shows  that  this  coal  averages 
about  14,100  British  Thermal  Heat  Units  per  pound:  The 
cheapest  anthracite  coal  that  can  be  burned  in  the  ordinary 
boiler,  and  comply  with  New  York  City's  stringent  smoke  ordi- 
nance, is  a  pea  size  costing  about  $4.75  per  ton.  This  grade  of 
anthracite  coal  contains  only  about  12,000  heat  units  per  pound. 

That  means  that  the  installation  of  a  hand  fired  boiler, 
which  will  burn  soft  coal  smokelessly,  makes  it  possible  to  use 
a  grade  of  coal  costing  about  $3.75  per  ton  which  contains  17% 
more  heat  than  the  anthracite  pea  that  costs  $4.75  per  ton. 

It  is  also  true  that  in  some  cases  in  New  York  City  better 
grades  of  coal  than  anthracite  pea  are  used,  and  the  price  of  such 
better  coal  is  sometimes  as  high  as  $6.50  per  ton.    Were  buildings 


CUTTING      COAL     COSTS      IN      NEW     YORK  CITY 


using  such  fuel  taken  for  the  sake  of  comparison  the  showing 
would  be  even  more  in  favor  of  the  use  of  soft  coal  in  a  smokeless 
boiler. 

SMOKELESS  BOILERS  SHOW  GREATER 
EFFICIENCY 

Smoke  is  visible  proof  of  wasted  fuel.  So  any  boiler  which 
is  capable  of  burning  a  highly  volatile  soft  coal  without  smoke 
is  proving  itself  to  be  highly  efficient — and  very  rigid  tests  have 
proven  that  a  down  draft  hand  fired  boiler,  such  as  the  Kewanee 
Smokeless,  will  average  22%  greater  efficiency  than  the  ordinary 
boiler. 

That  means  that  a  Kewanee  Smokeless  Firebox  Boiler  saves 
the  owner  fuel  money  in  two  ways.  First,  it  permits  him  to  burn 
cheaper  coal — and  second,  it  takes  from  this  coal  and  uses  for 
heat  making  purposes,  on  an  average,  22%  more  of  the  heat  in 
the  fuel  than  is  used  by  ordinary  boilers. 

Here  is  another  case  of  a  great  fuel  saving : 

In  an  apartment  house  at  3  East  85th  Street,  New  York 
City,  a  number  114  Kewanee  Smokeless  Firebox  Boiler,  carrying 
6,100  square  feet  of  radiation  and  supplying  in  addition  the  hot 
water  used,  burns  an  average  of  4/10ths  tons  of  bituminous  coal 
per  day.  This  coal  costs  $3.75  per  ton,  which  makes  the  daily 
coal  cost  about  $1.50. 

In  another  apartment  house,  nearby,  an  ordinary  straight 
draft  boiler  is  used  to  heat  5,300  square  feet  of  radiation,  and 
burns  dailv  an  average  of  one  ton  of  prepared  Anthracite  costing 

$6.50. 

EXPERIENCE  HAS  SHOWN  SAVINGS 

Summing  up  what  experience  in  New  York  City  has  shown 
to  be  facts  we  find  that  Kewanee  Smokeless  Firebox  Boilers  using 
bituminous  coal  at  $3.75  per  ton  will  make  the  following  savings 
as  compared  with  ordinary  boilers:  A  saving  of  2S("( ,  compared 
with  the  ordinary  boiler  using  Buckwheat,  steam  grade  at  $3.75. 
A  saving  of  45%  compared  with  the  ordinary  boiler  using  An- 


CUTTING      COAL     COSTS      IN      NEW     YORK  CITY 


thracite  Pea:  And  a  saving  of  54r(  compared  with  the  ordinary 
boiler  using  prepared  sizes  of  Anthracite  at  $b.50  per  ton. 

REPEAT  ORDERS  PROVE  EFFICIENCY 

That  the  Kewanee  Smokeless  Firebox  Boilers  are  proving 
highly  efficient  is  proven  conclusively — not  only  by  their  installa- 
tion in  some  of  the  best  buildings  in  New  York  City,  as  well  as 
in  all  other  parts  of  the  country,  but  also  by  the  repeat  orders. 

For  instance :  The  Fullerton  Weaver  Realty  Co.  of  New 
York  City  in  response  to  an  inquiry  from  another  building  operator 
wrote  him  as  follows: 

"In  reply  to  your  favor  of  the  14th  in  regard  to  Kewanee 
Smokeless  Firebox  Boilers,  we  beg  to  advise  that  we  have  not 
yet  had  sufficient  opportunity  to  determine  definitely  the  exact 
saving  in  fuel  obtained  through  the  use  of  these  boilers,  but  we 
have  demonstrated  to  our  satisfaction  that  there  is  a  considerable 
saving  and  the  boilers  have  been  so  satisfactory  that  we  have 
just  ordered  two  more  for  our  new  building." 

The  following  photographs  of  New  York  City  Buildings 
where  Kewanee  Firebox  Boilers  and  Kewanee  W  ater  Heating 
Garbage  Burners  are  installed  is  further  testimony  of  what  the 
best  known  and  most  efficient  builders  think  of  Kewanee  products. 

To  these  photographs  we  respectfully  refer  you: 


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SOFT     COAL     IS     A     BETTER     BUY    THAN  ANTHRACITE 


APARTMENT  BUILDING 

West  End  Avenue  5?  71ST  Street 

Fullerton  Weaver  Realty  Co., 
Owners.  Two  Kewanee  Smokeless 
Firebox  Boilers  and  Kewanee  Water 
Heatmg  Garbage  Burner 


8 


GARBAGE     MAKES     GOOD     FUEL    AND     CAN     BE     USED     AS  SUCH 


RIVERSIDE  MANSIONS 

410  Riverside  Drive 

Kewanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burner 


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1 

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SOFT   COAL  CAN   BE   BURNED   SMOKELESSLY    IN   A   KEWANEE  SMOKELESS 


BUSTANOBY'S  RESTAURANT 

no  West  39TH  St. 

Kcwanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burner 


GARBAGE  CONTAINS  ONE'FIFTH  AS  MUCH   HEAT  AS  COAL 


APARTMENT  BUILDING 

3  East  85TH  Street 

Fullerton  &  Weaver  Realty  Co., 
Owners.  Kewanee  Smokeless  Fire- 
box Boiler  and  Kewanee  Water 
Heating  Garbage  Burner 


A     SMOKELESS     BOILER     PROVES  ITSELF 


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EFFICIENT 


THREE  RESIDENCES 

Cor.  79TH  St.  6?  Madison  Ave. 

Kewance  Water  Heating  Garbage 
Burner  in  each 


USE    GARBAGE     FOR     FUEL,     REDUCING    HOT    WATER  COST 

APARTMENT  BUILDING 

Park  Ave.  6?  66th  St. 

I'ullerton  &  Weaver  Realty  Co.. 
Owners.  Two  Kewanee  Smokeless 
Firebox  Boilers  and  Kewanee  Water 
Heating  Garbage  Burner 


SMOKE     IS      VISIBLE      PROOF      OF      UNBURNED  FUEL 


THE  REXOR 

600  West  ii6th  St. 

Paterno  Bros.,  Inc.,  Owners.  Kewanee 
Water  Heating  Garbage  Burner 


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ANY   COAL   CAN    BE    BURNED    SMOKELESSLY   IN    A    KEWANEE  SMOKELESS 


THE  REGNOR 

60 1  West  115TH  Street 

Paterno  Bros.  Inc.,  Owners.  Kewanee 
Water  Heating  Garbage  Burner 


15 


ANALYSIS     PROVES    SOFT     COAL    A    BETTER     BUY    THAN  ANTHRACITE 


16 


SOFT   COAL   CAN   BE   BURNED   SMOKELESSLY   IN   A    KEWANEE  SMOKELESS 


HOTEL  LANGDON 

5th  Avenue  feP  56TH  Street 

Kewanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burner 


17 


ANY  COAL   CAN    BE   BURNED    SMOKELESSLY   IN   A   KEWANEE  SMOKELESS 


18 


GARBAGE    MAKES   GOOD    FUEL   AND   CAN    BE    USED   AS  SUCH 


LEWIS  6?  CONGER  BUILDING 

6th  Avenue  &  45TH  Street 

Kevvanee  Water  Hcatinjj 
Garbage  Burner 


19 


GARBAGE    CONTAINS    ONE-FIFTH    AS  MUCH 


HEAT    AS  COAL 


APARTMENT  BUILDING 

140  West  71ST  Street 

Allendale  Building  Company, 
Owner.  Kewanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burner 


A     SMOKELESS     BOILER     PROVES     ITSELF  EFFICIENT 


APARTMENT  BUILDING 

119  W.  71ST  St. 

Allendale  Building  Company,  Owner. 
Kevvanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burner 


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SMOKE      IS     VISIBLE      PROOF      OF      WASTE  FUEL 


OPEN  STAIR  TENEMENTS 

5<D2'522  East  77TH  St. 

Four  Kewanee  Boilers  and  Two 
Kewanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burners 


USE    GARBAGE     FOR     FUEL,  REDUCING 


HOT    WATER  COST 


APARTMENT  BUILDING 

304  West  92ND  Street 

Kewanee  Water  Heating 
Garbage  Burner 


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